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1474 The First Epistle of St. Paul to the Corinthians

16 Or know you not, that he who is joined to as I.
a harlot, is made one body ? For they shall be, 9 But if they do not contain themselves, let
saith he, two in one flesh. them marry. For it is better to marry than to be
17 But he who is joined to the Lord, is one burnt.
spirit. 10 But to them that are married, not I but
18 Fly fornication. Every sin that a man doth, the Lord commandeth, that the wife depart not
is without the body; but he that committeth for- from her husband.
nication, sinneth against his own body. 11 And if she depart, that she remain unmar-
19 Or know you not, that your members are ried, or be reconciled to her husband. And let
the temple of the Holy Ghost, who is in you, not the husband put away his wife.
whom you have from God; and you are not your 12 For to the rest I speak, not the Lord. If
own ? any brother hath a wife that believeth not, and
20 For you are bought with a great price. Glo- she consent to dwell with him, let him not put
rify and bear God in your body. her away.
13 And if any woman hath a husband that
Chapter 7 believeth not, and he consent to dwell with her,
let her not put away her husband.
Now concerning the thing whereof you wrote to 14 For the unbelieving husband is sanctified
me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman. by the believing wife; and the unbelieving wife
2 But for fear of fornication, let every man is sanctified by the believing husband: otherwise
have his own wife, and let every woman have your children should be unclean; but now they
her own husband. are holy.
3 Let the husband render the debt to his wife, 15 But if the unbeliever depart, let him de-
and the wife also in like manner to the husband. part. For a brother or sister is not under servi-
4 The wife hath not power of her own body, tude in such cases. But God hath called us in
but the husband. And in like manner the hus- peace.
band also hath not power of his own body, but 16 For how knowest thou, O wife, whether
the wife. thou shalt save thy husband ? Or how knowest
5 Defraud not one another, except, perhaps, thou, O man, whether thou shalt save thy wife ?
by consent, for a time, that you may give your- 17 But as the Lord hath distributed to every
selves to prayer; and return together again, lest one, as God hath called every one, so let him
Satan tempt you for your incontinency. walk: and so in all churches I teach.
6 But I speak this by indulgence, not by com- 18 Is any man called, being circumcised ? let
mandment. him not procure uncircumcision. Is any man
7 For I would that all men were even as myself: called in uncircumcision ? let him not be cir-
but every one hath his proper gift from God; one cumcised.
after this manner, and another after that. 19 Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumci-
8 But I say to the unmarried, and to the wid- sion is nothing: but the observance of the com-
ows: It is good for them if they so continue, even mandments of God.